Courts: All CESTAT
Read latest CESTAT judgments and orders on Customs, Central Excise and Service Tax, including classification, valuation, CENVAT credit, refunds and demands.

Exemption benefit not deniable based on Doctrine of Substantial Compliance

Service Tax not leviable on Incentives for achieving Sales Targets

Section 112(b)(ii) of Customs Act – Mens rea important for imposing penalty

No restriction on utilization of Cenvat credit during default period: CESTAT Kolkata

Good cannot be treated as smuggled Merely for foreign origin of goods

Service Tax cannot be demanded from Service provider if recipient paid the same

CHA Licence cannot be revoked if No Explicit Findings that CHA Abetted in Contravening Customs Act Provisions

In case of port shift custom duty already paid at earlier port needs to be refunded

Goods seized for Undervaluation – CESTAT relaxes conditions for release

Area development charges allocated by Government to meet administrative expense is not consideration

Freight & handling charges separately shown in invoice not includible in assessable value

Service tax not leviable on construction of residential complex under JNNURM and for Gujarat State Police

Duty demand unsustainable in absence of under-valuation in costing of the product

Value of bought out items supplied with manufactured goods not includible in assessable value
All CESTAT brings together judgments and orders of the Customs, Excise and Service Tax Appellate Tribunal from benches across India. Decisions cover Customs, Central Excise and Service Tax disputes involving classification, valuation, exemptions, CENVAT credit, refunds, demands, limitation, penalties, confiscation and other indirect-tax matters. Importers, exporters, manufacturers, businesses, advocates and indirect-tax professionals can use this consolidated TaxGuru archive to research CESTAT precedents across benches. Individual CESTAT bench categories are also available for bench-specific decisions.
